News: Students

2024

At Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, UChicago student unravels the mysteries of galaxies

September 10, 2024

During summer internship in Germany, rising fourth-year Zewei Wu simulates astrophysical plasma


Congratulations to Dr. Elyssa Brooks

July 30, 2024

Congratulations to Elyssa Brooks for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on "Developments of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors".


Graduate student Ava Polzin awarded 2024 Quad Fellowship

July 25, 2024

Congratulations to Astronomy & Astrophysics graduate student Ava Polzin, who has been awarded a 2024 Quad Fellowship.


Samantha Usman has been awarded the AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship

July 12, 2024

Congratulations to graduate student Samantha Usman!  She is the recipient of an AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship. 


Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

June 4, 2024

Rohan GuptA, Jamar Sullivan, Jonah Medoff, Ariel Barnea, Raul Teixeira, Kabelo Tsiane, Marie Tagliavia, Audrey Scott, Riley Rosener, Nikita Munsif, Megan Zhao, Kyla Mullaney, Helen Tan


 


Abigail Lee and Hanjue Zhu won the 2024 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics

May 30, 2024

CCAPP is proud to announce Abigail Lee (U. Chicago) and Hanjue Zhu (U. Chicago) as the winners of the 2024 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics


Atop a Chilean mountain, undergraduate students make cutting-edge astronomical observations, UChicago News

May 28, 2024

UChicago students conduct research at Magellan Observatory as part of new field course


Ava Polzin won the audience prize in UChicagoGRAD’s Thesis competition

May 21, 2024

Ava Polzin, Astronomy and Astrophysics “The Smallest Pieces of the Puzzle: Using Dwarf Galaxies to Understand the Universe”


Congratulations to Dr. Zhuowen (Ben) Zhang

April 26, 2024

Congratulations to Zhuowen (Ben) Zhang for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Forward modeling of cluster systematics for cluster cosmology".


Congratulations to Dr. Mandy Chen

April 23, 2024

Congratulations to Mandy Chen for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on "Toward a Physical Understanding of the Dynamic Circumgalactic Medium"


Congratulations to Dr. Jason Poh

April 22, 2024

Congratulations to Jason Poh for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Strong Gravitational Lensing Science in the Era of Large Astronomical Surveys".


Congratulations to Dr. Maya Mallaby-Kay

April 12, 2024

Congratulations to Maya Mallaby-Kay for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on "Probing the Large Scale Structure of our Universe with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope".


Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Bryant

April 10, 2024

Congratulations to Andrea Bryant for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on "HYPOTHETICAL ICY MOON SEISMIC PROFILES FOR COMPARISON TO FUTURE SEISMIC DATA"


Congratulations to Dr. Fei Xu

January 9, 2024

Congratulations to  Fei Xu for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on “Peeking Into the Future of Dark Matter Searches”.


2023

Samantha Usman recieved a UChicago LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award

November 2, 2023

Samantha Usman, graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics, has been awarded the inaugural LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award from UChicago Alumni Pride and the University of Chicago Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. This award recognizes exceptional contributions that advance and support the interests of the LGBTQ+ community.